Wait to Buy ! ! ! Summer is better ! ! !
I worked as a R E broker for a short time, in POP. Costambar has its pluses & minuses, matters of choice. R E is an extrely iliguid investment in the DR.
Think more @ the timing of your purchase. Dec. to May each year is the worst time to buy; the best time to look & kick tires.
My suggestions: look at many, take lots of notes [extemely important] & photos; let it be known that you have CASH!!
"Bullshit walks, money talks" [Warren Buffett].
Let the brokers you see know you have CASH. Follow up on what you like in April. Ask for a copy of the titulo for any house you are seriously interested in. No copy of the titulo available? Walk away as fast as you can!
Keep your ears to the ground; there is always an unexpected death, divorce, or radical changes in circumtances.
Return in July - August - for some serious shopping. Email all of the brokers taht you are returning, probably to buy. When you see what you like, consider a written appraisal [ @ $150.; @ 1 week]; then offer 65% of the asking price; & 10% down, seller to take back financing. It should get the process started. Be extremely patient. CASH is king!! Good hunting.